Arsenal sporting director Edu Gaspar and the Gunners recruitment workforce have already been linked with a couple of attention-grabbing gamers heading into subsequent 12 months, however it’s believed one star specifically is prime of their agenda.

Arsenal laying groundwork for 2025 signings after fruitful summer time

The north Londoners spent simply above £100 million on 5 key additions earlier than the summer time deadline, with David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori, Mikel Merino, Neto and Raheem Sterling all placing pen to paper on strikes to the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal spent £27 million on Raya after agreeing an obligation to purchase the Spaniard following his 2023/2024 season-long mortgage, with Edu additionally agreeing a £42m deal to signal Calafiori from Bologna.

Merino joined Arsenal for £32 million, having determined to swap Actual Sociedad for the Premier League, however Arsenal’s most headline-grabbing switch deal got here proper on the eleventh hour on deadline day.

Alongside back-up keeper Neto, Arsenal agreed a season-loan for ex-Man Metropolis star Sterling from Chelsea, who Arteta is aware of very properly from his time with the Sky Blues.

The Englishman made his debut for Arsenal on Sunday, approaching for 10 minutes throughout their 1-0 North London Derby win away to Tottenham, and there may be hope he can resurrect his profession in north London following a lacklustre two seasons at Chelsea in comparison with earlier years at Metropolis.

Whereas loads of enterprise was accomplished over the summer time, with Arsenal additionally agreeing a number of outgoings, Edu is on file stating that switch planning is at all times ongoing behind the scenes.

“You may’t signal for the sake of signing. It must be a course of that takes weeks and weeks,” mentioned Edu on Arsenal’s recruitment coverage in an interview with Estadao earlier this 12 months.

“On my desk, I’ve stories of over 180 pages on one participant. It’s actually detailed stuff. Bodily, technical, psychological profile, whether or not he has Premier League expertise, whether or not he’ll be capable of adapt. Every little thing. We analyse our deficiencies, the place we are able to enhance, the place we are able to make investments after which we go looking for that new identify. We’ve been discussing what I’m going to do now since January. It’s not my determination or Mikel’s. It’s a bunch determination.”

Based on current stories, Arsenal are focusing on Jonathan David as his Lille contract expires in 2025, making him a possible free agent possibility. In addition to this, Edu is believed to be eyeing Alphonso Davies from Bayern Munich, with the Canadian star additionally out of contract subsequent summer time.

One other Bayern Munich star in winger Leroy Sane is attracting rumoured Arsenal curiosity too, so it seems Edu’s planning may very well be firmly underway for 2025.

Edu prioritising Arsenal deal for RB Leipzig star Benjamin Sesko

Based on CaughtOffside, whereas David is a participant who the Gunners admire, RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko is prime of their agenda as soon as once more.

Arsenal failed with a proposal to signal Sesko in the summertime, who rejected their advances in favour of a contract extension at Leipzig. Nevertheless, it’s believed that the Slovenia worldwide has a “gentleman’s settlement” to depart the Bundesliga facet in 2025 or 2026 (Fabrizio Romano), that means a future transfer to Arsenal stays on the playing cards.

CaughtOffside declare Edu is prioritising an Arsenal deal for Sesko subsequent 12 months, so this may very well be one to observe. The 21-year-old scored 18 targets in all competitions final season and has acquired off to an excellent begin this marketing campaign with a objective and two assists from his first 4 video games.

There are recommendations that Sesko’s new contract features a £63m launch clause, however it’s unclear whether or not Arsenal can be open to paying that determine.